On this week's episode, it's basically a holiday episode. Only, no holiday music - because of music rights and stuff. Or time. You decide the reason. Also, the truth is out there. Note: This episode was recorded on Thursday, December 21st.

This week's Five Favorites:

1. HQ Trivia's founders are facing fundraising roadblocks after investors learned of alleged bad behavior [Recode - story by Kurt Wagner]

2. Forrester: YouTube is most popular social site for 12- to 17-year-olds [Social Media Today - story by David Kirkpatrick]

3. Apple confirms iPhones with older batteries will take hits in performance [The Verge - story by Tom Warren and Nick Statt]

4. Magic Leap finally unveils augmented reality goggles, says it's shipping next year [The Verge - story by Adi Robertson]

5. (Hot Topic) Eric Schmidt to become technical advisor to Alphabet [ABC Blog]

Honorable Mention(s)

• Instagram Testing Photos Posts to Multiple Accounts [Matt Navarra]

DISHonorable Mention(s)

• Amazon Files for "AmazonTube" Trademark [TechCrunch]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week

• @Astrobull67

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